The 56th Ordinary ISU Congress will take place in Dubrovnik (CRO) on June 6 - 10, 2016. For this election Congress, the list of nominees grouped by elected positions containing the names of the nominees and the nominators is now available following the submission deadline of April 25, 2016.

The candidates are presented per position and in alphabetical order.....

The International Skating Union’s 56th Ordinary Congress concluded on June 10, 2016 in Dubrovnik (CRO). Over 350 Delegates from 85 ISU Member federations were present to vote on over 370 proposals and to elect candidates to ISU Office. ....

Key decisions by the Congress:

Constitution and General Regulations

The Congress voted in favor to create an Athletes’ Commission.

Beginning with the elections in 2016 the number of Council Members will increase from four to five Council members in each Branch. The ISU Council will now consist of the President, Vice President and five members for Figure Skating Branch and a Vice President and five members for the Speed Skating Branch.

A new Development Commission will be created to manage the ISU development projects however other proposals to create a standing Marketing and Presidents’ Commission were rejected. However with the recommendation to cooperate with Members through an ad hoc working group.

The ISU Council made a number of proposals in order to adjust the ISU eligibility rules following the decision of the European Commission to open an investigation against the ISU eligibly rules.

A proposal to provide consistency to the Rule 109 regarding the participation in competitions and permit requirement was passed. The new rule helps clarify the issue of athlete clearances and harmonizes the waiting period for release to 12 months.

Single and Pair Skating and Ice Dance

The ISU Congress voted to abolish the anonymity of Judges in the Figure Skating Branch (including Single and Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Synchronized Skating).

The age limit of ISU Referees, Judges, Technical Controllers, Technical Specialists and Data &Replay Operators was unified to the maximum age of 70.

A number of proposals to shorten the Figure Skating competitions have been voted in, including the reduction of the number of jumps in Single and Pair Skating.

As of season 2018/19 there will be 11 Grades of Excution which will enable more possibilities in the evalution of the quality of programs.

In order to ensure that the best placed Skaters following the Short Program / Dance are always in the final two or three in a draw group, the Congress agreed to a new draw procedure....

It was announced that the 57th Ordinary Congress will be held in Seville (ESP) in June 2018.

The International Skating Union’s 56th Ordinary Congress concluded on June 10, 2016 in Dubrovnik (CRO) with the elections of the ISU Office Holders. The ISU 56th Ordinary Congress elected the following persons to ISU Office:

After 41 years as ISU Office Holder and 22 years as ISU President, Mr. Ottavio Cinquanta was awarded the title of Honorary President. Congress Delegates paid tribute to him with a long standing ovation.

Others to have been elected as Honorary Members include: Vice President David Dore was elected post-mortem as Honorary Vice President Council members Phyllis Howard, Tjasa Andrée-Prosenc, German Panov, Lan Li and György Martos as Honorary Members. Former Ice Dance Technical Committee members Alexander Gorshkov, Ann Shaw and Olga Gilardini as Honorary Members Peter Krick as Honorary Member